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Nazi human experimentation
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Nazi Germany conducted medical experiments on prisoners in its concentration camps mainly between 1942 and 1945. There were 15,754 documented victims, of various nationalities and ages, although the t
"A Jewish prisoner in a special chamber responds to changing air pressure during high-altitude experiments. For the benefit of the Luftwaffe, conditions simulating those found at 15,000 meters [49,000 ft] in altitude were created in an effort to determine if German pilots might survive at that height."
"A Jewish prisoner in a special chamber responds to changing air pressure during high-altitude experiments. For the benefit of the Luftwaffe, conditio
A cold water immersion experiment at Dachau concentration camp presided over by Ernst Holzlöhner (left) and Sigmund Rascher (right). The subject is we
A cold water immersion experiment at Dachau concentration camp presided over by Ernst Holzlöhner (left) and Sigmund Rascher (right). The subject is wearing an experimental Luftwaffe garment.
A victim loses consciousness during a depressurization experiment at Dachau by Luftwaffe doctor Sigmund Rascher, 1942.
A victim loses consciousness during a depressurization experiment at Dachau by Luftwaffe doctor Sigmund Rascher, 1942.
Jewish children kept alive in Auschwitz for use in Mengele's research, liberated in January 1945.
Jewish children kept alive in Auschwitz for use in Mengele's research, liberated in January 1945.
Josef Mengele
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Josef Mengele, often dubbed the "Angel of Death", was a German military officer and physician during World War II at the Soviet front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He conducted research
Nazi human experimentation
…aid in the recovery of military personnel who had been injured, and to advance Nazi racial ideology and eugenics, including the twin experiments of Josef Mengele. Aribert Heim conducted similar medical experiments at Mauthausen. After the war, these crimes were tried at what became known as the Doctors' Trial…
Mengele at Solahütte in 1944
Mengele at Solahütte in 1944
Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Birkenau, May/June 1944
Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Birkenau, May/June 1944
(from l. to r.) Richard Baer, Josef Mengele, and Rudolf Höss at Solahütte in 1944 (Höcker Album)
(from l. to r.) Richard Baer, Josef Mengele, and Rudolf Höss at Solahütte in 1944 (Höcker Album)